This Week's LITM Rock gets artful with artists like Weslynn, 14Flamingos, Joe Hudson and Others

Weslynn - Love and Let Go 

Weslynn releases their latest, ‘Love and Let Go’ an electro rock anthem about the passage of love. The duo put on quite an immersive song, expanding it with deep thought, soulful vocals, authentic emotions, and beautiful musical craft. All these elements have a seamless way of wrapping into each other, giving life to the grandeur of the scene, the fragility of the feeling, and the power of the experience. Instrumentally, the soundscape is reminiscent of the late 2000s and early 2010s. Acoustics excited by synths, surging melodies, and an evocative beat trajectory that will leave you feeling so viscerally. It’s one of those tracks that are alive and if you reach out, you can feel it breathing. 

14 Flamingos - The Duke 

14 Flamingos is an indie band with such a wonderfully absurd interpretation of the genre. It is funky, warped, sharp, and angled in every way. Their latest release is ‘The Duke’, an art rock exploration with moments of softening blues, jazz experiments, sunny tones, and moody rock. The result is a soundscape that makes you feel like you’re in an interesting bar with visual lights, warm vibrance, magical air; an intimate alternative scene that feels surreal. Its classic rock and retro folk accents are made to lift into neo rock, contemporary craft, and creative executions. 

Centrifuge - You Are Yesterday 

Centrifuge keeps it hot and tight with their latest release, ‘ You Are Yesterday’. The alt rock song is packed with charismatic guitar work, a web, a groove, a network, a language that spreads across the soundscape with so much personality. Riffs, synth keys, beats, and the vocals do some great atmosphere work, casting the listener in a day dreaming, sunny frame with an underbelly of heavier s times. The sliding rhythms have a retro feel to it. Add to that the varied textures and tonalities of the melodies. With vocals ushering in a whole other layer of experience, this is the perfect track for you if you’re in the mood for dynamism. 

Joe Hodgson - Since You Had a Hold on Me 

Joe Hodgson is a guitarist and writer. He has crafty fingers and a spectacular way with music. When you listen to his music, it feels like you’re witnessing a conversation between two pals. In his latest release, ‘Since You Had a Hold On Me’, featuring guest vocalist Glen Harkin, the artist speculates a blues song, so deeply entrenched with country style, motifs, and influences. His guitar work is as sophisticated and true as 20th century blues artists. The Hammond organ and the guitar respond to him in a way that fosters a whole presence. So rich and enriching that you can’t get enough. Joe does a great job in conveying the culture of the style, the story of the song, and the intoxicating appeal of his artistry. Listen Now! 

Jesse Blake Rundle - Continuous, Wait 

With this latest release, ‘Continuous, Wait’ Jesse Blake Rundle claims another shade of melancholy. The artist’s indie rock style is entrenched in folk acoustics, coming alive in the creative blending of them. In the song, he explores the expansive nothingness of the theme, the continuum of the scene, minutes, the hours, the days. He blurs the textures to a point of abstract, to an inexplicable point that can only be understood by the emotional quotients. And in this journey, he fleshes out the human experience in such a remarkable way. It is intimate, personal, and so poetically profound. 

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This week's LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks Cast beautiful atmospheres and ambiences with artists like Leon Blanchard, Wylderbeats, and Cornelius Eady Trio

This week's LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks Cast beautiful atmospheres and ambiences with artists like Leon Blanchard, Wylderbeats, and Cornelius Eady Trio

Leon Blanchard - Astronaut 

Leon Blanchard creates an atmosphere of electric contemplation and moody wonder with latest release, ‘Astronaut’. And it is the perfect ambience to experience the theme in. The singer-songwriter and versatile guitarist presents an expanse at the beginning of the track. A mellow flow of melodies, synths and baritones. And by the end of it, you’ll feel timeless, without space, swirling with the emotional galaxies that he explores. The whole soundscape is meant to transport you to surreal spaces, evoke dreamy thoughts, and a general sense of high that falling in love brings to a person. 

Kalyn Beasley - Had to Go There 

Kalyn Beasley is a singer-songwriter and country artist. He forges a memorable path to old country music. Coarse textures, evocative instrumentals and sentimental vocal curves. However, there is a remarkable freshness, an aftermath that drenches you completely. His latest release, ‘Had to Go There’ exemplifies this so perfectly. With immersive guitar strings, molten melodies, meaningful baritones, and a drifting rhythm, the mellow country rock influences shine through. It draws you into its soft yet intense space. 

Billy Traxler - Disarray 

Singer-songwriter and alt rock artist, Billy Traxler brings such unique ideas to his music. The smooth collision of convention, collaboration, consciousness, is what his music is about. In his latest release, ‘Disarray’, the artist explores the dynamics of the theme, casting it as a state of mind and then exploring how that space forms. The melodies, beats, acoustics, all contribute to a soft chaos in the song. While the rhythm and grooves are symmetrical, the theme forms in the texture, the arrangement of melodies, and the repetitive patterns. His vocals are pleasing baritones that tie into this vibe, keeps it going. And then, the artist collapses the soundscape with a quirky, comical and cartoon-like sonic crash, wrapping up the theme nicely. 

Wylderbeats - Bradford 

Wylderbeats has just released their latest folk album, ‘Famous Photograph’. Across the collection, he explores trad folk influences and how they collaborate and manifest in a contemporary or alt folk setting. Opening the album is ‘Bradford’, a song that is a slice of life narrative, a tale of all the times the protagonist visited the place. Played out from a retrospective lens, there is a fond tone, a wisdom, a sweetness. Evoking imagery of two people fall in love, from their meet cute on the crossroads to meeting her parents, their wedding. It is a song that wonders at the mysterious ways of love. If you’re in the market for a feel-good song, full of warmth and joy, this is it. 

Cornelius Eady Trio - Quicksand 

Cornelius Eady Trio is a folk group that began making music Covid. And a little bit of their music became influenced by the morbidity and darkness of the period. In their latest single, ‘Quicksand’, we get to experience themes like hopelessness, loneliness through a dry, contemplative lenses and it is quite refreshing. The soundscape is minimalistic, populated only with charismatic vocal presentations, slow grooves, and an ambient manifestation of the theme. We see a creative flow of soul, funk, blues, all made contemporary in a way that has never been done. 

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This Week's LITM Singer-Songwriter Picks create dreamy folk spheres with artists like Paul Claxton, Oaken Lee, Matt Saxton & others

Paul Claxton - Lost & Found 

Singer-songwriter Paul Claxton is known for his soulful flows. Dressed in rich acoustics and led by an immersive vocal line, his soundscapes are affecting, arresting and enchanting. His latest release is ‘Lost & Found’, a lamentous track that explores heartbreak in the aftermath of a memorable relationship. The artist blends raw folk with dreamy planes, both vocally and instrumentally to evoke a trance almost. The song still holds a lot of the romance, the magic, and the fondness that was felt during the love. 

Oaken Lee - A Mountain (an Echo) 

Hailing from North London, Oaken Lee crafts landscapes with his music. In his latest track, ‘A Mountain (an Echo)’, he lets his sound be influenced by naturalistic metaphors. Flowing through moments of joy, perspective, and celebration, he paves the way away from the past, expanding life to become all that it can be. Stylistically, the soft acoustic moments are colored with reggae, and other island sonic gestures. There’s that carefree feeling in his vocals, acceptance of the unpredictability of life as he floats through the song. It is such a light, happy, and buoyant track. Listen Now! 

Matt Saxton - Feel It Again 

Have you ever wondered what the journey of that forever kind of love looks like? In his latest track, ‘Feel It Again’, Matt Saxton traces a lifetime of love. From the exciting, youthful moments, progressing through a life with children, savings, building a home and family. And finally as empty nesters, he falls back in love. This time an evolved love, a sweet companionship that has its own magic and loveliness. His contemplative baritones hold on to that dream, that wise love, and the spirit of romance in a way that makes it meaningful. 

Olav Larsen & The Alabama Rodeo Stars - When The Past Presents the Future 

Olav Larsen flows into an alt country spectrum. With pleasing acoustics phasing into neoclassicals, stream of consciousness lyrics, and slice of life frames of human experiences, he makes compelling musical arcs. In his single, ‘When The Past Presents the Future’, the artist delves into pain in the past, tracking all the ways it manifests in your present and future. His deep, evocative and layered vocal plan presents a beautiful conceptualisation of the title. His baritones are layered with choral harmonies, acapella accents, all of this alongside a soft orchestral instrumental arrangement. With this exploration, he urges us all to become free from the instances of the past and find the light and peace. 

Clara Day - This Wretched Thing 

Clara Day’s vocal expression is like something out of a journal, an intimate flow that blends pieces of thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences. It is so honest and heartwarming to take in and get lost in. In her latest release, ‘This Wretched Thing’, a melancholic exploration that is both vivid and blurry. This makes it feel surreal, like you’re in some kind of a dream, a whole different world. The combination of her earnest tones, projected sweetness and the slow progressions into darker spheres of consciousness is so enchanting. Feels new, refreshing, like something you’ve never heard before. Listen Now! 

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